On June 20-21, 2025, 2 Rivers Remix Society (2RMX) in partnership with virturalfeast.ca and the Tsideldel First Nation will present a unique free 2-Day Movable Feast of contemporary Indigenous Music as part of the Indigenous Peoples Day Celebration in Tsilhqot’in Territory at the Bendziny Resort on Puntzi Lake, BC.
The weekend launches with a day of fun at Bendziny Resort on Friday, June 20. Attendees can enjoy a variety of workshops from 1 pm – 6 pm focused on music, healing and community, as well as Horseshoe and Lahal Tournaments.. Friday ends with a free community dinner and a live jam session featuring the workshop artists.
On Saturday June 21, Tsideldel Movable Feast opens at 12 pm (noon) with a Welcoming Ceremony from the Tsideldel Nation and Elders, as well as a special opening ceremony by Mexika-Tenochka artists Ana Cornejo and Leo Vara. The Festival continues with a talented line-up of diverse Indigenous artists, headlined by multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, two time 2024 JUNO Winner AYSANABEE (Oji-Cree) as well as 2025 JUNO award-winning, multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter and producer SEBASTIAN GASKIN (Tataskweyak Cree Nation). The all-Indigenous lineup also features: Resident Elder Artist and Inuvialuit folk-rock legend WILLIE THRASHER and Linda Saddleback, Secwepemc’s own Intergenerational healing roots-rhizome, hip-hop fusionists THE MELAWMEN COLLECTIVE, the deadliest Uncle band going BANNOCK DOGZ (Tsilhqot’in), MYC SHARRATT (Ts’il Kaz Koh), and LORISSA SCRIVEN (Saulteau). The roster also includes an array of BC-based hip hop artists, such as RICH & BEKA (Tsilhqot’in), SEKAWNEE (Squamish/Tla’amin, Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw/Tlingit, Xaayda Nations), and HK AKA HIGHER KNOWLEDGE. The festival will close with Anishinaabe/Métis/North African global bass weaver, producer and DJ, HANDSOME TIGER.
Everyone is welcome to this FREE celebration. “National Indigenous Peoples Day provides a great opportunity each year to not only celebrate Indigenous culture, and traditions but to also help people better understand our history.”
2RMX’s Indigenous music festival takes place in Tsideldel territory on Indigenous Peoples Day (June 21) from 12 pm to 11:30 pm at Bendziny Lakeside Resort, 3904 Puntzi Lake Road. The event is free with pre-registration and will be live-streamed to allow everyone to witness this collaboration of Indigenous artistry. For more information & to register, j21.2rmx.ca